I received one of the Signature Inspiro Notebooks from Daycraft for review. It's one of the Signature series, noted for the two-tone look, a cover in one color and pages edged with a contrasting color. The Inspiro comes in three different versions, each with a different saying on the front.

All of the Signature notebook/sketchbooks are snazzy lookers, and the Inspiro is no exception, with its caramel cover and purple-edged pages. The front and end pages are a matching purple. The marker ribbon is a lighter purple. Overall, it's a…

I have a lot of catch-paint pages in my journals. You know, those pages where you add the leftover blobs of paint, ink, scraps or whatever you have left over from another project.

Frankly, those pages can get pret-ty ugly. You just keep layering on stuff hoping that if you collage over and repaint, you'll figure out a good way to save the page.

I had one like that in my Dyan Reaveley Creative journal and I thought it was time to try out a save. I'm pretty good at picking out figures from among the blobs, and I found a dog and a cat.

To get this, I took a Montana Marker (big clear tubes filled with acrylic paint and with huge chisel shaped tips) with light blue ink, and colored, leaving only the negative shapes of the cat and dog. The paint in the marker is transparent enough that it allowed the colors and textures below to show through.

I liked what was happening-it made me think of seeing figures through a haze of heavy rain. I felt drawing or adding more color would dis…

I am the luckiest person in the world when it comes to art and craft giveaways. Recently, I won an ePure Trolley Bag from a giveaway (now closed) on Rhodia Drive, and waited eagerly for its arrival. I had high expectations and I..was...not...disappointed!

It looks gray in the photo, but it is actually a black felt with black leather accents.

It has a handle that extends for pulling the bag on its wheels. When not using it, the handle can be shortened to fit in a little zippered pocket.

The bag opens wide like a hippos mouth, jaws gaping to grab all your journals and paraphenalia! No teeth--just two sections in a beautiful orange nylon fabric. This section is wide and roomy, with a zippered pocket on one side, and on the other side a pocket that is secured by a flap. There are also two smaller mesh pockets.

The second inside section has two more zippered pockets. One zips lengthwise and opens where the handle is stored. You could carry more there if you aren't going to use …

I know! It's still summer so what's with Halloween stuff already? Well, Viva Las VegaStamps has this fantastic new plate full of cool Halloween images, and I've been dying to use them. When I learned I'd be doing a blog hop/Inspiration week with VLVS! and Scor-Pal®, I decided a create a Halloween Candy Box. I couldn't help myself!